diff --git a/test/test_http_cookie_jar.rb b/test/test_http_cookie_jar.rb
index c909817..015dcda 100644
--- a/test/test_http_cookie_jar.rb
+++ b/test/test_http_cookie_jar.rb
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ module TestHTTPCookieJar
     end
 
     def test_accessed_at
-      orig = HTTP::Cookie.new(cookie_values)
+      orig = HTTP::Cookie.new(cookie_values(:expires => nil))
       @jar.add(orig)
 
       time = orig.accessed_at
@@ -585,8 +585,6 @@ module TestHTTPCookieJar
 
       assert_equal time, cookie.accessed_at, "accessed_at is not updated by each()"
 
-      sleep 0.1
-
       cookie, = @jar.cookies("http://rubyforge.org/")
 
       assert_send [cookie.accessed_at, :>, time], "accessed_at is not updated by each(url)"